CINCINNATI — Early this season, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said Corey Dickerson was such a good hitter, "he could wake up and hit on Christmas morning."

Well, Merry Christmas in May, Mr. Dickerson.

The 24-year-old outfielder unwrapped the game of his burgeoning career Saturday night with two home runs, two doubles and four RBIs in the Rockies' 11-2 demolition of the Reds. It was Dickerson's first multihomer game of his major-league career.

"This was probably the best game of my career so far, but it just shows the versatility of our team," Dickerson said. "It's good coming back from a loss last night. In fact, we had lost two in a row, so this was a good win."

For the Rockies, there's no place like home — except for Great American Ball Park.

Led by Dickerson and Charlie Blackmon at the top of the lineup, baseball's most explosive offense went ballistic on foreign turf, slamming five home runs to bring the team's major league-best total to 56. Blackmon finished a triple shy of the cycle and raised his batting average to a gaudy .355.

"Both of those kids have done a good job," Weiss said. "Obviously Charlie has been well documented, the start that he's gotten off to. And we all know about Dickerson and how he impacts the game on the offensive side."

Perhaps we should have seen this coming. The Rockies belted six home runs — one shy of the club record — in a 12-4 victory at Great American on June 5, 2013. Colorado hit five solo homers here May 27, 2012, in a 7-5 loss.

Toss in another sterling start by Jordan Lyles and it was one of the Rockies' best road victories of the season. Lyles, though not quite as sharp as other starts this season — he had four walks — improved to 5-0. He struck out a season-high eight batters, and his ERA is a nifty 2.66.

"This game from the get-go came down to our offense and the home runs," said Lyles, who always tends to downplay his own performance. "I was effectively wild, I guess you could say. A lot of walks and a lot of three-ball counts and falling behind guys. But it worked out."

As for the strikeouts, Lyles said: "I prefer not striking out that many, as weird as that sounds. I would prefer getting groundballs early in counts."

The Rockies opened the game with back-to-back solo shots to right field by Blackmon and Dickerson off Reds starter Alfredo Simon, who entered the night with a 4-1 record and a stingy 1.99 ERA. Saturday marked the first time in Rockies history that the club opened up a road game with back-to-back home runs. Eric Young and Ellis Burks went back-to-back to lead off a May 4, 1996, game against the Marlins, but that game was played at Coors Field.

Dickerson's second home run Saturday arrived in the sixth inning. It was a 437-foot shot into the right-field seats that scored Blackmon and brought boos raining down on reliever J.J. Hoover.

"Dickie has a pretty good track record swinging the bat," Weiss said. "It's been nice being able to get him in the lineup, and he's done a nice job on the defensive side too."

Filling out the box score, Justin Morneau hit a home run to left-center in the Rockies' three-run third inning, and Troy Tulowitzki launched a solo bomb to left in Colorado's three-run sixth.

Dynamite Dickerson

Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson had the game of his young career Saturday night in Cincinnati against the Reds:

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